> * chad at chadfowler.com (chad at chadfowler.com) wrote:
>> > That said, if RubyGems normalized the directory structures, numbering
>> > schemes, etc of the upstream sources, it *could* become the input
>> format
>> > of choice for repackagers...
>> >
>>>> This is actually what I had in mind. Especially finding places where
>> people rely on, for example, __FILE__ hacks that make it hard for
>> everyone. I'm optimistic that a focused effort with enough feedback to
>> the original developers could result in a behavioral shift in at least a
>> decent number of them. My guess is that in most cases, developers that
>> release packages with this kind of problem do so because they didn't
>> really consider them to be a problem (as opposed to having done these
>> things intentionally).
>> Speaking of normalizing things, how about the filenames? Can you
> downcase! the project name when converting it to the gem file name?
I don't see why not. I've applied this and tested building. I want to
make sure we don't have any other areas where this would cause a problem
before committing it.
Thanks for the patch.
Chad